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Instructor(s)
This course is run by students, so there is no faculty member associated with this class.
MIT Course Number
6.270
As Taught In
January IAP 2005
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Class competition - video
- Lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)
- Assignments: design with examples
Course Description
6.270 is a hands-on, learn-by-doing class, in which participants design and build a robot that will play in a competition at the end of January. The goal for the students is to design a machine that will be able to navigate its way around the playing surface, recognize other opponents, and manipulate game objects. Unlike the machines in Design and Manufacturing I (2.007), 6.270 robots are totally autonomous, so once a round begins, there is no human intervention.
The goal of 6.270 is to teach students about robotic design by giving them the hardware, software, and information they need to design, build, and debug their own robot. The subject includes concepts and applications that are related to various MIT classes (e.g. 6.001, 6.002, 6.004, and 2.007), though there are no formal prerequisites for 6.270.